Ocean Adventures: Stories about the swashbuckling high seas
b"This week, we are presenting two stories from people who took to the open ocean.\\nPart 1: As an irresponsible 17-year-old, Brian D. Bradley volunteers to spend two days living at the bottom of the ocean for a research study.\\nPart 2: As an undergrad, Beryl Kahn takes a semester at sea after a bad breakup and gets rocked by the swells of the sea -- and her emotions.\\nBrian Bradley started writing because he couldn\\u2019t draw.\\xa0 At first he wanted to be a poet, but he quickly discovered that poems\\xa0 are pretty difficult. Next, he tried dramatic stage plays, but the\\xa0 results were kind of embarrassing.\\xa0 Finally, he gave up and started\\xa0 writing television for shows like MadTV, Scrubs and Happy Endings. He\\xa0 co-created for television Uncle Buck for ABC and is the writer/producer\\xa0 of a number of TV pilots he\\u2019s very proud to have been paid for, but that\\xa0 you will probably never see. He\\u2019s very pleased to have a chance to\\xa0 share a story for Story Collider and he still can\\u2019t draw.\\xa0 \\n\\nBeryl Kahn is finishing up her second year as a Masters' student at\\xa0 Columbia University's department of Ecology, Evolution, and\\xa0 Environmental Biology, or E3B, where she's been studying the genetics of\\xa0 pollution resilience in oysters. Prior to starting grad school, she\\xa0 worked as an educator and restoration tech at Randall's Island Park in\\xa0 New York City, which cemented her niche as an urban marine ecologist.\\xa0 \\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"